Former Byker Grove and Doctors actress Holly Matthews has spoken of her heart-wrenching grief as she sits with her husband Ross Blair in Myton Hospice in his final days.
Holly, who played Emma Miller in the hit children’s soap before going on to star in Doctors, the Bill, and Waterloo Road, grew up in Newcastle .
And is married to Ross, son of ex-Aston Villa player Andy Blair, was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour in 2014, writes the Birmingham Mail .
The dad-of-two is being cared for by his wife Holly at the Myton Hospice, where she has stayed with him day and night for a month.
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